1. A streetcar or trolley drawn by horses, used for public transportation in cities during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Usage: plural of horsecar; historical; chiefly North American

Examples

• Horsecars were a common sight on city streets before electric trolleys replaced them.
• The horsecars of the 1880s transported thousands of commuters daily.
• Children would wave at the drivers of the horsecars passing by.
• Many cities phased out their horsecars in favor of electric-powered vehicles.
• The clatter of horsecars on the rails was a familiar sound in 19th-century America.